NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Chess of the Wind
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s back.


Shohreh Aghdashloo in “Chess of the Wind” a 1976 film suppressed by the Iranian government and recently restored and distributed.
By GLENN KENNY

Last Night in Soho
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Edgar Wright
Two young women from different eras form a psychic bond in Edgar Wright’s sumptuous and surprising horror movie.


Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and Thomasin McKenzie in “Last Night in Soho.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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